A Developer's Perspective on Java Loom - Understanding Virtual Threads and Structured Concurrency

Watch a conference talk from EclipseCon 2023 where Jean-François James of Worldline explores Project Loom's impact on Java backend applications. Dive into how Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency, and Scoped Variables address the inefficiencies of the traditional thread-per-request model in cloud environments. Learn about the upcoming stable release of Virtual Threads in Java 21 LTS and understand critical considerations including performance improvements, monitoring capabilities, ecosystem adaptation, architectural implications, code modifications, the future of asynchronous programming, and deployment impacts. Gain practical insights into whether and how to incorporate Project Loom into your development practices, particularly focusing on its solution to the common problem of threads sitting idle while waiting for I/O operations.